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Tintagel (with the stress on the second syllable;
Cornish:
Dintagell) is a village situated on the
Atlantic coast of
Cornwall, in
England,
UK. The village and nearby
Tintagel Castle are associated with the legends surrounding
King Arthur and the knights of the
Round Table. The village has, in recent times, become a magnet for tourists and
day-trippers.
The modern-day village of Tintagel was known as Trevena (
Cornish:
Tre war Venydh). It was cited originally as a place of origin for King Arthur by the historian
Geoffrey of Monmouth. Tintagel is also used as a locus for the Arthurian mythos by the poet
Alfred, Lord Tennyson in the poem
Idylls of the King. The village also features the
'Old Post Office', which dates from the 14th Century. It became a post office during the nineteenth century, and is now in the hands of the
National Trust.
Major excavations beginning with
C. A. Ralegh Radford's work in the 1930s on and around the site of the 12th century castle have revealed that Tintagel headland was the site of a high status
Celtic monastery (according to Ralegh Radford), a princely fortress or trading settlement dating to the 5th and 6th centuries, in the period immediately following the withdrawal of the
Romans from Britain. Finds of Mediterranean oil and wine jars show that
Sub-Roman Britain wasn't the isolated outpost it was considered to be, for considerable trade in high value goods was taking place at the time with the Mediterranean region . In 1998, excavations discovered the "
Arthur stone" which has added to Tintagel's Arthurian lore.
The coastline around Tintagel is significant because it's composed of old
Devonian slate; about a mile southwards from Tintagel towards
Treknow the coastline was quarried extensively for this hard-wearing roofing surface. The turquoise green water around this coast is caused by the slate/sand around Tintagel which contains elements of copper: strong sunlight turns the water a light turquoise green colour in warm weather. The beach at
Bossiney Haven is close by and
Trebarwith Strand, just half an hour's walk south of Tintagel, is probably Cornwall's finest beach, boasting clear seas, golden sands, and superb surf: there's a small beach at Tintagel Haven .
Tintagel has the
Catholic Church of
St Paul the Apostle which has a thirty thousand piece mosaic within its walls. From January 2008 when the church celebrates its 40th Anniversary, a modern day version of
Leonardo Da Vinci's "Last Supper" by local artist Nicholas St John Rosse will hang in the church. It has made national headlines due to its use of modern clothing and local people as the apostles. People worldwide also come to Tintagel to view the names of their babies who have been lost due to miscarriage, stillbirth or other cause. The names are recorded in the
Miscarriage & Infant Loss Memorial Book which is kept at the church.
The Parish Church of St Materiana is Anglican (for example Church of England) and was built in Norman times (tower late medieval). It stands on the cliffs between Trevena and Tintagel Castle.
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